The Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund (DWSRF) is a Federal loan program administered by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) for drinking water infrastructure projects. Eligible projects include a wide variety of public health related water supply projects or project that address a compliance related problem, such as:
- Implementation of security measures such as fencing, surveillance equipment, backflow prevention devices, and enhanced filtration/disinfection treatment;
- Maintaining compliance with existing or proposed standards and regulations;
- Rehabilitating or replacing aging infrastructure;
- Rehabilitating or developing sources to replace contaminated sources of drinking water, including replacing contaminated private wells with public water supply;
- Installing or upgrading treatment facilities to improve drinking water quality;
- Installing or upgrading storage facilities to prevent microbiological contaminants from entering the system; and,
- Installing or replacing transmission and distribution pipes to prevent contamination.
Loans are available at a low interest rate for a maximum of twenty (20) years. Please review the DWSRF program policies (PDF) and read the DWSRF loan rules and regulations.
Disadvantaged Community Subsidy Program
There are provisions within the DWSRF Program to offer subsidized loans to those communities that GEFA designates as “disadvantaged.” Subsidy funds are funds that do not need to be repaid. The DWSRF Program may provide a loan/subsidy combination to those eligible communities. Please refer to the DWSRF program policies (PDF) to read the full details of this program.
To help determine if your community may be eligible for subsidy funds, please refer to the Median Household Income Chart (PDF) to determine if your community’s water rates are above the 1.25% of 2000 Median Household Income threshold.
Loan Application Process
Pre-award Documents:
Post-award Documents:
Contract Documents:
Draw Request Forms:
Safe Drinking Water Act
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